FormatConvert.py

00001"""For conversion between different formats for representing alignments (DEPRECATED).This module is considered obsolete and has been deprecated. Please useBio.AlignIO instead for reading and writing alignments in different fileformats.classes:FormatConverter"""# biopythonfrom Bio.Fasta.FastaAlign import FastaAlignment
from Bio.Clustalw import ClustalAlignment
import warnings
warnings.warn("Bio.Align.FormatConvert is deprecated. Please use Bio.AlignIO ""or the Alignment object's format method instead.",
DeprecationWarning)
00021class FormatConverter:
"""Convert between different alignment representation formats. The basic idea behind the converter is that it takes a given format, converts it into the base Alignment class, and then can return an object in any other supported format with the info from the basal alignment. Supported formats are: o Clustal format (*.aln) o Fasta format (*.fasta) """00032def __init__(self, to_convert):
"""Initialize a converter with a given object. Arguments: o to_convert - The class which we are going to be converting. """
self.orig_format = to_convert
self._base_alphabet, self._base_records = self._get_base_info()
00042def _get_base_info(self):
"""Retrieve all of the basal (ie Generic.Alignment) info. The idea is that this info is present in all of the classes and this is the information that will be retained in a conversion. Format specific information will be lost. """return self.orig_format._alphabet, self.orig_format._records
00051def to_fasta(self):
"""Convert the current info into a FastaAlignment object. """
return_format = FastaAlignment(self._base_alphabet)
return_format._records = self._base_recordsreturn return_format
00059def to_clustal(self):
"""Convert the current info into a ClustalAlignment object. """
return_format = ClustalAlignment(self._base_alphabet)
return_format._records = self._base_recordsreturn return_format